In a message dated 97-05-16 20:58:27 EDT, you write: << no insults or bashing, i promise the use of the built-in Random function looks scary. my five minute overview of the code may have missed some cleverness (or i may have missed your own implementation of Random). i am not a cryptographer, and can't comment much more on the actual encryption algorithms you're using from an engineering standpoint: i assume that you stripped the comments out before posting the source from a legal standpoint: you should probably yank the source code off of your site. i am not a lawyer, but making this stuff downloadable from outside the US is risky >> Hi. Sorry, actually, I regret that the code was developed with no inline comments. Yes, you probably did skim over some essential code. Also, again, the pseudo-random number generator is NOT the only method used to encrypt a file. In fact, the pseudo-random number generator code could have been left out to some extent. I have also specified that that no one who is not in the U.S. may access the source code, but if no one cracks the file located at http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/crackit.dat by June 20th, 1997, I'll have to assume that VSA2048 is an extremely secure encryption algorithm, and I will consider having the source code removed from the site. Regards, Jeremy Yu-Ramos DataET Research Host: DataET Research (http://www.dataet.com) Contest expiration date: June 20th, 1997 Encrypted file location: http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/crackit.dat Applied encryption algorithm: VSA2048 Encryption algorithm source code: http://www.dataet.com/public/source/vsacmv20/ Applied key size: 120 bits (15 bytes) Encrypted (secured) file size: 836 bytes Decrypted (unsecured) file size: 836 bytes Hints: No message hints available Key and message post location: cypherpunks@toad.com Contact: info@dataet.com Limitations: U.S. residents only Prize: FREE basic Web site package & apology posted to cypherpunks@toad.com & discontinuation of VSA2048-based products CRACKIT.DAT file statistics: Type: Binary (Intel) Characters: 836 Mode: 179 Mean: 127 Median (middle character, no order): 3